No...you have to restart X every time there changes made to your
resolution. the changes are made the same way using 4.0x as they are with
the older version.
--
Mark
** Registered Linux user # 182496 **
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Stephen Boulet wrote:
> I have the same problem. Unfortunately, not using XFree 4.01 is not really an
> issue, since I have a Geforce2 card.
>
> Just how do you change the resolution in XFree 4? Aren't you able to change
> both the resolution and the color depth without restarting X?
>
> -- Stephen
>
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > Ben,
> >
> > Actually yes. I have a real good idea what's going on. X 4.0 is still very
> > buggy and it might be a real good idea to install and use X 3.x until they
> > get the bugs worked out of X 4.0. I tried X 4.0 the first time I tried
> > Mandrake 7.1 and it didn't work very well. I had a terrible time getting
> > the display right, so I dropped back to the previous version of X. Haven't
> > had a problem since.
> >
> > --
> > Mark
> >
> > ** Registered Linux user # 182496 **
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> >
> > > Dear friends:
> > >
> > > Just installed LM 7.1 from CD.
> > >
> > > DrakConf's "Change X-Resolution" does not work. It shows a little
> > > screen that says: " Preparing to change resolution." And that's it. The
> > > actual dialogue box for changing the X-Resolution never shows up. It
> > > freezes and I have to turn it off with Cnt+Al+Esc. I am using the new
> > > Xfree86 4.0 server, which passed the screen test and works fine with my
> > > Nvidia TNT 3d card with 16megs of video RAM. I use 800 x 600 resolution
> > > with 65,000 colors. That's the way it's set. This is not urgent, since I
> > > have the resolution I want, but still, I would like for it to work.
> > > Fortunately, DrakFont successfully installed my Win98 fonts (I have a
> > > dual-boot system), so I am pleased with that part.
> > >
> > > Any idea what might be causing this? How to fix it?
> > >
> > > Thanks so much.
> > >
> > > Benjamin
> > >
>
>
